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Rensselaer Downs Women's Hockey 3-2
December 06, 2008 | Women's Ice Hockey
PRINCETON -- Alisa Harrison's goal late in the second period stood up as Rensselaer defeated the Princeton women's hockey team 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Hobey Baker Rink. Princeton scored the game's first and last goals.
The teams traded goals in the opening period as freshman Danielle DiCesare gave Princeton a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute and Rensselaer's Whitney Naslund answered two minutes later. DiCesare scored after junior Melanie Wallace chased down the puck in the offensive zone and made a centering pass to DiCesare who was crashing the net.
Naslund evened the score for the Engineers at 8:00 when she scored on the rebound of an Alisa Harrison shot as RPI took advantage of a Princeton turnover at the blueline. Naslund gave the Engineers their first lead of the game two minutes into the second period when she came off the wall and scored on the back hand, and Harrison extended the lead to 3-1 with 26 seconds left in the period on her own rebound attempt.
Princeton looked to climb back into the game and used a 16-shot third period to move back within one. The goal came at 7:09 on the power play as Wallace deflected sophomore Sasha Sherry's point blast for her third goal of the season. Princeton continued to pressure following the goal, but could not crack Engineer goaltender Sonja van der Bliek. Princeton's pressure included nearly a full two minute power play at 6 on 4 with the goaltender pulled, but could not pull even.
Van der Bliek made 34 saves for the win while senior netminder Kristen Young stopped 25 shots for the Tigers. Princeton outshot RPI 36-28.
The Tigers fell to 6-7-1 overall and 4-5-0 in the ECAC with the loss. Princeton visits Minnesota-Duluth next weekend.
The teams traded goals in the opening period as freshman Danielle DiCesare gave Princeton a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute and Rensselaer's Whitney Naslund answered two minutes later. DiCesare scored after junior Melanie Wallace chased down the puck in the offensive zone and made a centering pass to DiCesare who was crashing the net.
Naslund evened the score for the Engineers at 8:00 when she scored on the rebound of an Alisa Harrison shot as RPI took advantage of a Princeton turnover at the blueline. Naslund gave the Engineers their first lead of the game two minutes into the second period when she came off the wall and scored on the back hand, and Harrison extended the lead to 3-1 with 26 seconds left in the period on her own rebound attempt.
Princeton looked to climb back into the game and used a 16-shot third period to move back within one. The goal came at 7:09 on the power play as Wallace deflected sophomore Sasha Sherry's point blast for her third goal of the season. Princeton continued to pressure following the goal, but could not crack Engineer goaltender Sonja van der Bliek. Princeton's pressure included nearly a full two minute power play at 6 on 4 with the goaltender pulled, but could not pull even.
Van der Bliek made 34 saves for the win while senior netminder Kristen Young stopped 25 shots for the Tigers. Princeton outshot RPI 36-28.
The Tigers fell to 6-7-1 overall and 4-5-0 in the ECAC with the loss. Princeton visits Minnesota-Duluth next weekend.
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